CS/B.

TECH(ECE-NEW)/SEM-8/EC-804D/10

ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, APRIL-2010

REMOTE SENSING
SEMESTER-8
Time: 3 Hours] [Full Marks: 70

GROUP - A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)

1. Answer any ten of the followings questions: 10×1 = 10

1) Microwave radar band is

(a) 1mm to 10mm (b) 1mm to 100mm

(c) 1mm to 5mm (d) 5mm to 10mm

2) Wavelength associated with a quantum of energy is

(a) λ=hc ⁄ Q (b) λ= Q ⁄ hc

(c) λ=h ⁄cQ (d) λ= c ⁄ h Q

3) A computer based information system used to digitally represent and analyses the
geospatial data or geographic data is

(a) A GPS (b) Landsat

(c) A GIS (d) None of the above.

4) Precise measurement of Earth features can be obtained

(a) High oblique photographs (b) Low oblique photographs

(c) Vertical aerial photographs (d) All the above types of photographs

5) Lines connecting points of equal air temperature are known as

(a) Isohyets (b) Isotherms

(c) Isobars (d) Contour lines

6) LIDAR has been conceived as a method to directly and accurately capture

(a) Digital surfaces (b) Analog surfaces

(c) Both analog and digital surfaces (d) None of the above.

7) Which technology can be used for day or night data collection?

(a) Radar (b) LIDAR

(c) Photogrammetry (d) Sonar

8) To replace film-based aerial cameras, enabling small, medium or large-scale

mapping we use

(a) Metric cameras (b) Stereometric cameras

(c) Digital Metric Cameras (d) Amateur cameras

9) To obtain the information about the Earth’s weather, what type of satellites for
remote sensing of the Earth?

(a) Meteorological satellites (b) Oceanographic satellites

(c) Terrestrial satellites (d) None of the above

10) Terrestrial satellites are used to obtain

(a) Earth’s Weather (b) Earth’s land surface

(c) Earth’s oceans (d) None of the above

11) Ground Coordinate system are usually expressed in

(a) feet or metres (b) feet or cms

(c) feet or inches (d) inches or metres

12) The internal geometry of a digital camera is defined by specifying

(a) Only Focal length (b) Both Focal length and pixel size of CCD

(c) Only pixel size of CCD (d) None of the above

 GROUP – B
(Short Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three of the following questions. 3 ×5 = 15

2. What is remote sensing? Explain about components of a remote sensing system?

3. What are the functions of GIS? State some advantages of GIS?

4. Differentiate between global noise and periodic noise. Explain about

Electromagnetic spectrum?

5. Explain about mobile GIS?

6. What is photogrammetry? Explain the workflow of a photogrammetry?

GROUP – C
(Long Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three of the following questions. 3 × 15 = 45

7. What is GPS system? Write down the several functional segments of GPS? Explain
working principle of GPS?
2+ 8+ 5
8. What is digital image processing?
Explain the following related to digital image processing:
(a) Data formats of digital image
(b) Metadata of digital image
(c) Display of digital image 3+ 4+ 4+ 4

9. Explain about the use of GIS in multimedia? Discuss about 3D GIS and mobile
GIS?
5+ 5+ 5
10. What is active and passive microwave remote sensing? Explain about
electromagnetic spectrum?
5+ 5+ 5

11. Write short notes on any three of the following: 3 ×5 = 15

(a) Potential and limitations for remote sensing of sea, land and ice using GPS
reflected signals.
(b) Advantage and disadvantage of remote sensing for land evaluation.
(c) Collaborative GIS (CGIS)
(d) LIDAR
(e) 3D representation of DEM
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ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT EXAMINATIONS, APRIL-2010
REMOTE SENSING
SEMESTER-8

1. Answer of the short answer type questions

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3 (c)

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5 (b)

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8 (c)

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